Day Twenty Nine; Chiang Mai

Having adored the elephants first time round in Luang Prabang we decided to book ourselves onto a half day Mahut course, where you get to learn the commands and then ride you own elephant.

We spent some time feeding and bonding with the elephant, and then we had to climb on it using its bended leg as a stool up (very difficult!)

After a short walk to get used to the commands we then rode it down to the river, jumped in with it and had a whale of a time brushing and playing with it in the water.

After spending the morning with our elephant, we then jumped on a bamboo raft and tried our hands at bamboo rafting...

We then completed a short hike to a waterfall before ending the day by going back to see the elephants and playing with the most adorable 4 month old elephant for about half an hour.

When we got back to the hostel we were exhausted, and after booking more stuff for the next few days, and eating some more 10 baht street food, we collapsed into bed with another manic day on the cards in the morning.